Find all pairs of positive integers such that both
are integers.
Solution
Answer: All pairs , where is a positive integer.
Let and both should be integers. Since is integer, is also integer. Therefore, is a perfect square. If , then since
is not a perfect square. If then is an integer number. Thus, only solutions are all pairs , where is a positive integer.
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